Nasdaq Weighs Fee Discount

Option Is Among Those to Compensate for Losses in Facebook's Botched Debut

By

Jacob Bunge And

Brett Philbin

Updated June 5, 2012 6:24 p.m. ET

Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. is considering offering discounted trading fees to the financial firms that lost money after the exchange botched their trades during the ill-fated debut of Facebook Inc. shares, people familiar with the matter said.

The discounts are part of a range of options the exchange group is weighing as it seeks to pay out more than $13.7 million it has already earmarked for traders' losses, which have been estimated...